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Emil Marek

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Emil Marek Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Mar 1961 (aged 67)
Burial
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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EMIL MAREK

Double funeral services for Emil Marek, 67
, of 1911 Monroe St., Two Rivers,
who died at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Monday morning of injuries in
a collision of cars near Luxemburg late Sunday afternoon, and ,
his grandson Peter Marek, 2, of 1620-19th St., Two Rivers, who was killed in the accident,
will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Klein-Stangel, Inc., Funeral Home, Two
Rivers, and at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic church, Two Rivers, the Rev. H.J.
Schmitz officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary (sic)
Cemetery, Two Rivers. Military services, conducted by the Eleven Gold Star
Post 1248, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held at the graveside for Mr.
Marek.
Emil Marek was born Sept. 27, 1893, in Two Rivers,a son of the late Frank and
Rose Pishak Marek. He attended Two Rivers schools and in 1917 he was in the
Army in World War I, serving overseas.
After the war in 1919, Mr. Marek took employment with the Kahlenberg Bros.
Co., Two Rivers, and worked there since as a machinist. He was to retire in
two months. Mr. Marek is a past president of ZCBJ Bohemian Lodge NO. 142 of Two Rivers, a member of the Two Rivers Fire and Police Commission and a
former member of the Two Rivers Board of Appeals. A member of the Eleven Gold
Star Post, he was also active in affairs of the Two Rivers local of the Two
Rivers Association of machinists.
Surviving are his wife, the former Lillian Hallada whom he married Oct. 27,
1927; a daughter; a son (Private), and five grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, March 21, 1961 P.9
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Two Persons Injured Fatally at Luxemburg
Peter Marek, aged 2 and his grandfather, Emil Marek, 76, were fatally injured in a two car accident near Luxemburg Sunday night. Injured were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marek and their children, Sally, 4, Peggy 3, and Steven 1, Mrs. Emil Marek, 67 and Harlan Wertel, 24, Route 2, Green Bay.
Wertel was the driver of the car that collided with the Marek vehicle on County Trunk N about two miles from Luxemburg. Emil Marek died at a Green Bay hospital Monday morning and the child was killed instantly. His father, 31 and his mother, 27, and the other injured persons were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay.
The elder Mareks live at 1911 Monroe St., Two Rivers and the others reside at 1630 19th St., Two Rivers. Double funeral services were held this Thursday morning at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Two Rivers.
Denmark Press, Thurs., March 23, 1961 Emil and Peter Marek
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EMIL MAREK

Double funeral services for Emil Marek, 67
, of 1911 Monroe St., Two Rivers,
who died at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Monday morning of injuries in
a collision of cars near Luxemburg late Sunday afternoon, and ,
his grandson Peter Marek, 2, of 1620-19th St., Two Rivers, who was killed in the accident,
will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Klein-Stangel, Inc., Funeral Home, Two
Rivers, and at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic church, Two Rivers, the Rev. H.J.
Schmitz officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary (sic)
Cemetery, Two Rivers. Military services, conducted by the Eleven Gold Star
Post 1248, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held at the graveside for Mr.
Marek.
Emil Marek was born Sept. 27, 1893, in Two Rivers,a son of the late Frank and
Rose Pishak Marek. He attended Two Rivers schools and in 1917 he was in the
Army in World War I, serving overseas.
After the war in 1919, Mr. Marek took employment with the Kahlenberg Bros.
Co., Two Rivers, and worked there since as a machinist. He was to retire in
two months. Mr. Marek is a past president of ZCBJ Bohemian Lodge NO. 142 of Two Rivers, a member of the Two Rivers Fire and Police Commission and a
former member of the Two Rivers Board of Appeals. A member of the Eleven Gold
Star Post, he was also active in affairs of the Two Rivers local of the Two
Rivers Association of machinists.
Surviving are his wife, the former Lillian Hallada whom he married Oct. 27,
1927; a daughter; a son (Private), and five grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, March 21, 1961 P.9
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Two Persons Injured Fatally at Luxemburg
Peter Marek, aged 2 and his grandfather, Emil Marek, 76, were fatally injured in a two car accident near Luxemburg Sunday night. Injured were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marek and their children, Sally, 4, Peggy 3, and Steven 1, Mrs. Emil Marek, 67 and Harlan Wertel, 24, Route 2, Green Bay.
Wertel was the driver of the car that collided with the Marek vehicle on County Trunk N about two miles from Luxemburg. Emil Marek died at a Green Bay hospital Monday morning and the child was killed instantly. His father, 31 and his mother, 27, and the other injured persons were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay.
The elder Mareks live at 1911 Monroe St., Two Rivers and the others reside at 1630 19th St., Two Rivers. Double funeral services were held this Thursday morning at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Two Rivers.
Denmark Press, Thurs., March 23, 1961 Emil and Peter Marek
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